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    Title: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Myanmar Website
    Description: "Myanmar, the largest country in South-East Asia, has rich endowments of land and water and a favourable climate for agriculture. Its geographic location at the intersection of China and India, two of the world’s most dynamic economies, makes it well positioned to resume its traditional role as a regional trading hub and a key supplier of minerals, natural gas and agricultural produce after 50 years of isolation. As it emerges from this period, Myanmar has embarked on a comprehensive path of political and economic reforms. It aims to introduce elements of popular representation into the political sphere, foster economic growth and inclusive social development, improve the business environment, attract foreign investment and reduce poverty. The reforms are already yielding growth dividends, as Myanmar has become one of the most dynamic economies of Asia. Notwithstanding its immense potential for growth, Myanmar is still one of the poorest countries in the region, ranked 148th among 188 nations globally in the 2015 Human Development Report. Poverty is mostly concentrated in rural areas, where a majority of the rural population engages in smallholder agriculture and casual employment. The agriculture sector is the backbone of the economy, and two thirds of the population lives in rural areas. Paradoxically for such a resource-rich country, there is a stark rural-urban divide. Rural areas lag significantly behind urban areas in social and productive infrastructure. Poverty levels are significantly higher in rural areas and among smallholders, landless people and ethnic minority groups. While the country produces a surplus of food, many rural areas suffer from food insecurity. These disparities exist among and within states and within villages, where household hunger and poverty are closely linked. Rural poor people lack adequate and nutritious food and essential non-food items. Many of the poorest live in the central dry zone or in hill tracts populated by ethnic minority groups. These remote areas have limited arable land and have been affected by conflict..."
    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2019-07-19
    Date of entry/update: 2019-07-19
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    Title: Sherrie Silver 'Our Future is Here' Speech at the United Nations | IFAD GC 2019
    Description: "United Nations' IFAD Advocate for Rural Youth, Sherrie Silver, delivers her passionate remarks to heads-of-state, government ministers, and development leaders during the 42nd Governing Council at the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome on 14 September 2019. This speech by @sherriesilver kicked-off the 'Our Future is Here' youth-led campaign which aims to capture the energy and creativity of young people to call on world leaders to invest in their futures. The campaign is supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a United Nations agency dedicated to reducing poverty, increasing food security, improving nutrition and strengthening resilience for rural youth around the world..."
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    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2019-02-15
    Date of entry/update: 2019-08-19
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    Title: Fostering Agricultural Revitalisation in Myanmar Project Supervision Report
    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2019-03-22
    Date of entry/update: 2019-06-19
    Grouping: Individual Documents
    Language: English
    Format : pdf
    Size: 815.22 KB
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    Title: IFAD and Myanmar invest $65.2 million to promote profitability of smallholder agriculture in eastern states
    Creator/author: Susan Beccio
    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2018-03-26
    Date of entry/update: 2019-06-19
    Grouping: Individual Documents
    Language: English
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    Title: IFAD to invest $13 million in Myanmar to reduce poverty and improve food security and nutrition in rural areas
    Description: Rome, 18 December 2018 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has signed a financing agreement with the Government of Myanmar to reduce poverty, and improve food security and nutrition for over 390,000 rural people in the northern Magway region and southern Chin state. The agreement was signed by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, and, Myint Naung, Myanmar Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Rome. The total cost of the Western States Agribusiness Project (WSAP) is US$20.3 million of which IFAD is providing a $9 million loan and a $4 million grant. While Myanmar produces enough rice to meet its consumption needs as a whole, the rural poor are often food insecure and do not have access to adequate food to meet their caloric and nutritional needs, or enough income to buy essential items. The project aims to increase household incomes, food security and nutrition quality by helping rural communities to develop agricultural commodities and agribusinesses that can generate a profit and respond to market demand. Training will be made available so that farmers can improve their skills and knowledge in order to modernize production techniques. The project will also invest in infrastructure, including improved irrigation to ensure a reliable supply of water to farms and household gardens, and rural access roads to facilitate farm to market mobility. “The potential for smallholder agriculture in Chin and Magway is immense. We need to unlock this potential by providing training, financial services and access to markets to facilitate the transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Rural transformation in these areas is possible with the right support,” said Alessandro Marini, IFAD Country Programme Manager for Myanmar. Due to its past isolation, Myanmar's agriculture sector has not benefited fully from global advances in agricultural technology. IFAD's strategy in the country is to focus on modernizing agriculture, upgrading value chains, fostering links between smallholder farmers and agribusinesses, diversifying livelihoods, promoting rural enterprises and generating employment off the farm. The project area comprises the southern Chin state and northern Magway region. The project aims to reach about 76,800 rural households, of which 10,200 are in Chin and 66,600 are in Magway, and create about 4,500 jobs both on and off farm. Since 2014, IFAD has financed three projects in Myanmar, for a total investment of $113.2 million, of which IFAD has provided $90.7 million. These projects have directly impacted 176,810 rural households.
    Creator/author: Susan Beccio
    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2018-12-18
    Date of entry/update: 2019-06-19
    Grouping: Individual Documents
    Language: English
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    Title: Myanmar - Connecting rural people to knowledge, resources and markets
    Creator/author: Omer Zafar
    Source/publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Date of publication: 2017-03-01
    Date of entry/update: 2019-06-19
    Grouping: Individual Documents
    Language: English
    Format : pdf
    Size: 3.7 MB
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